diff --git a/code/FBXParser.cpp b/code/FBXParser.cpp
index 24b12ccbf..7559a380d 100644
--- a/code/FBXParser.cpp
+++ b/code/FBXParser.cpp
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ float ParseTokenAsFloat(const Token& t, const char*& err_out)
 			return SafeParse<float>(data+1, t.end());
 		}
 		else {
-			return SafeParse<double>(data+1, t.end());
+			return static_cast<float>( SafeParse<double>(data+1, t.end()) );
 		}
 	}